Travelers' reviews about Colombia

Bogotá was great as were the activities, Monserat and bike tour. The drives to Villa de Leiva and Barichara has some stunning scenery and the villages were beautiful. The hotel in pereira was was comfortable with a great garden jacuzzi! Medellin felt very international and the trips from there were also really good plus the city tour.

Always wanted to experience Colombia. Found Evaneos on line, they recommended a great agency. All went well. We loved all the tours, hotels, transports, everything. Loved Bogota, Leyva and Medellin. The cooking class in Medellin was amazing, the coffee farm also, the bike tour in Leyva wonderful. It was all very nice.

We chose Colombia because our two adopted children are from there. They had not been back since we first adopted them, and we wanted to let them see this amazing place they are from. We traveled to Bogota, Monteria, and back to Bogota. We met biological family and visited our Compassion kids during our time in Monteria.

Colombia was a great country and the people are mainly very friendly and smiling. Many locals only speak Spanish, but that is charming in itself nowadays, and the weather was generally cooler than I had anticipated until we reached Medellin and the Caribbean coast. We loved the Spanish colonial architecture in Vilaa de Leyva, Barichara and Guatape, the scenery in the coffee region / Cocora Valley, did not mind the long road journeys as the Andes scenery was spectacular, and the Punta Faro hotel on Mucura island was blissful.

Columbia is a beautiful country. It was clean, the people friendly, food was excellent and prices cheap. The people were very proud of their country and it showed. We felt safe at at times and came home with over 1000 photos to remember the trip by.

We planned a visit that was much too short and only had time to visit Bogata and Villa de Leyva. In Bogata, we loved the big attractions: Gold Museum and the Botero Museum and the smaller attractions of many local restaurants, neighborhoods and markets. We strongly recommend visiting the Salt Cathedral and Villa de Leyva and a horseback ride in the mountain foothills. As our trip was too short, we plan to visit again soon to learn about and enjoy other cities and the coffee area.

The overall trip was just amazing. Everything went extremely well.. from the tour, the guides, the cities, the food... Colombia is an amazing country and the overall organization of the trip, the contniuos support the agency throughout the trip was just awesome!

Semana Santa celebrations in Popayan. Excellent hotels throughout, particually Akawanka Lodge, Casa Lucy and Maloka Barlovento. The brief for the tour was fulfilled perfectly.

Colombia has a rich and diverse history and culture which we discovered form our travelling from Bogota and the experiencing the Amazon with a;ll its wildlife and indigenous people. We enjoyed the graffiti bike tour and markets in Bogota along with the restaurants and through the Gold Museum along with the Museum Botero truly world class experiences. We both thoroughly enjoyed Villa de Leyva and Baricharra where the hotels and the different excursions were great fun. Villa Nora near Armenia was a real delight and the hosts truly a delight - a fabulous and restful stop with wonderful bird watching in the garden. I would have much preferred 3 nights in Villa instead of doing 2 nights and then 1 night in Salento (see above comments). Barlovento was a beautiful place, despite the recent additional development there where we met some very interesting travellers. We could have done with an extra night there to enjoy the surroundings - even with Tayrona Park closed for February ! Minca was a good option and we enjoyed the waterfalls and pools for a refreshing swim and had a brilliant Paella at Antonio's restaurant. The drive to Carthagena was long - it took us 6 hours - probably because the road works around Carthagena were so bad and it was a Saturday. Ananda Hotel was a beautiful hotel with great rooms and friendly staff and well located. We enjoyed Carthagena very much - particularly the old town and Getsemani. All the internal flights worked very well and Avian in particular were great in ensuring all our luggage arrived at our final destinations.

Very professional and organised. Katherine was great and very responsive to all our requests. Very trusted and would recommend others to use Evaneos. Loved the tour in the coffee region in Salento and also the tour in Medellin both guides were very informative. The transfers arranged were always timely and professional. We had real peace of mind with the arrangements Katherine had made and we knew that we could relax and enjoy the trip. We would recommend without any hesitation.

We were picked up in Medellin, to go to the coffee region. This driver got lost and was a bit reckless. The hotel was great, relaxing and with history. The tours there where excellent. The guides full of knowledge, nice, great conversations. The guide for the Cocora Valley took us to try fruits, to a good restaurant for lunch, great person (Harol). And the coffee tour at the Hacienda was wonderful. We went to Popayan - this driver was great, careful and very nice. Maria, our guide knew a lot about the city and was very accommodating. Our driver to San Agustin was good but tried to sell us different tours which wasn't very nice. San Agustin we really liked Olga and Pacho. And the driver Orlando helped us with all our questions! All the hotels were wonderful. Katherine did the trip exactly as we wanted, with nice hotels, very good and different guides and free time! And was very good about follow up. All the professional were on time and knew we where coming. I recommend the company absolutely. Thank you.

We did a nice long trip starting in Bogota and finishing in Cartagena. I would say the highlights are many but Salento and Cocora Valley and Guatape were my favorites. Villa Leyva for my girls because they went horse back riding but we had many great excursions and were up and about all the time. There is great variations and possibilities in this country. From cooler Bogota to a hot and tropical Cartagena

Was a wonderful combination of adventure, nature, culture, and different environments. It exposed me to some of the many various sides to Colombia that I simply was not aware of, and this gave me a great insight into the country. The travel agent Sylvain was tremendous from the moment I contacted the company. He was enthusiastic, interested, and was always willing to be flexible to my many requests. He put me at ease, which in turn then allowed me to relax and enjoy the trip. Really great work - could not have asked for more from Sylvain.